Team Sky bus almost takes out cyclist

markhewitt1978
markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
edited September 2016 in Road general
https://twitter.com/AndyRolfe65/status/ ... 2685017088

Team Sky have apologised.

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    Ouch, bit close, but I believe it's traditional to point out that the cyclist doesn't pay road tax, so deserved it. I'm sure that tradition has been observed on twitter also.
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    Oooh, that's not clever.
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  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    close enough to get a tow for a bit it seems. Too close but at least the response (ignoring whatever may have happened privately) seemed to be relatively quick and of the right note though.

    Fun to note the gentleman in question created a twitter account for this sole purpose.
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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    Good response from Sky there.
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Flâneur wrote:
    Fun to note the gentleman in question created a twitter account for this sole purpose.

    Given the amount of abuse people get on twitter I don't blame him. The tweets have already gone through the standard "you shouldn't be on the road, you don't pay tax" type trolling.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    As above, some alarmingly-dense trolls getting involved on that page...
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,290
    Meh, could have got a bus through that gap.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,106
    Not great driving is it - hopefully that was an untypical misjudgement on his part rather than indicative of his attitude to the job.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Not great driving is it - hopefully that was an untypical misjudgement on his part rather than indicative of his attitude to the job.

    As a professional driver he should not have taken the chance.

    Would you want him driving a bus load of school kids like that?
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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,290
    Maybe, they're bloody annoying listening to music out of their phones.

    Not that I use public transport of course but did once after an op so couldn't drive and it happened to coincide with end of school.
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  • ForumNewbie
    ForumNewbie Posts: 1,664
    I see that the video is now linked from the BBC Sport homepage. I'm glad this has been highlighted as it's a Team Sky bus, but I can't say that I'm really shocked as cars, vans and buses often pass me far too close rather than waiting for the vehicle to pass on the other side of the road.
  • chippyk
    chippyk Posts: 529
    The fact that Team Sky follow him on Twitter would suggest to me that they DM'd him and squared him away with a jersey or something. Not that that excuses that but if they did I am sure it was appreciated.
  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    Genuine question - am I missing something?

    I have seen this video several times, and I have to say I don't really see anything different to the hundreds of cars who pass exactly like that on every ride I do, every day.

    I guess the bus could give more space, but so could every vehicle.

    Is he not putting it on a little bit , perhaps because he saw it was a Sky bus?
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,290
    Yes. I've been passed closer and Didnt feel the need to take to the Internet to vent.
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  • joe2008
    joe2008 Posts: 1,531
    homers double wrote:
    Yes. I've been passed closer and Didnt feel the need to take to the Internet to vent.

    Also, he was driving a left hand drive coach which would have given him a better view of the cyclist and a worse view of the lorry coming around the corner... he did pass a bit quick for me though.
  • sloppyschleckonds
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    homers double wrote:
    Yes. I've been passed closer and Didnt feel the need to take to the Internet to vent.

    True, doesn't make it right though
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  • 47p2
    47p2 Posts: 329
    Disgraceful piece of driving from a professional driver. Had the tanker driver travelling in the opposite direction not managed to stop it time this could have turned into a major incident of epic proportions
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,170
    edited September 2016
    homers double wrote:
    Yes. I've been passed closer and Didnt feel the need to take to the Internet to vent.

    Pause it when you can just read Rapha and ford. It's pretty bloody close.

    Then let it play, and if you look closely, you might spot the point.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I've compared it to a clip I have of a car passing me ridiculously close. The coach was closer - so it really was close.

    Sky obviously agree as they've said it's not acceptable.
    If any of you are having passes closer than that - complain to the company. You could save someone's life. Maybe even your own?
  • germcevoy
    germcevoy Posts: 414
    Marginal Lanes
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,106
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Not great driving is it - hopefully that was an untypical misjudgement on his part rather than indicative of his attitude to the job.

    As a professional driver he should not have taken the chance.

    Would you want him driving a bus load of school kids like that?

    No my intention wasn't to condone it - it's dangerous - I disagree with the few who are saying it's not that close it may not be an inch from the camera but unless the camera is mounted on his right shoulder it probably is inches from the cyclist.
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  • Mr Stamp
    Mr Stamp Posts: 58
    Germcevoy wrote:
    Marginal Lanes

    Very good, but in all seriousness the level of driving around a cyclist is frightening, and Sky should know better.
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    Sky I assume do know better, however the driver in question either didnt, or didnt act as instructed or with a sensible mind never mind a safe head
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  • Joeblack
    Joeblack Posts: 829
    He was probably a movistar fpkw!!!
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  • Elfed
    Elfed Posts: 459
    Pretty sure this was an emergency situation caused by the tanker appearing whilst the coach was in an overtaking manoeuvre.
    Should the coach driver have attempted to overtake in that spot, we don't know.

    These roads are bloody dangerous and I'm sure it wasn't intentional, hopefully the driver has been made aware of the situation, learnt his lesson and is now driving with more awareness for unexpected hazards.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Elfed wrote:
    Pretty sure this was an emergency situation caused by the tanker appearing whilst the coach was in an overtaking manoeuvre.
    Should the coach driver have attempted to overtake in that spot, we don't know.

    These roads are bloody dangerous and I'm sure it wasn't intentional, hopefully the driver has been made aware of the situation, learnt his lesson and is now driving with more awareness for unexpected hazards.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Elfed wrote:
    and is now driving with more awareness for unexpected hazards.

    But a cyclist is not an unexpected hazard, is it?
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    Elfed wrote:
    Pretty sure this was an emergency situation caused by the tanker appearing whilst the coach was in an overtaking manoeuvre.
    Should the coach driver have attempted to overtake in that spot, we don't know.

    These roads are bloody dangerous and I'm sure it wasn't intentional, hopefully the driver has been made aware of the situation, learnt his lesson and is now driving with more awareness for unexpected hazards.

    Problem is, oncoming traffic isn't exactly an unpredictable situation, you're on a road and you're going into the opposing lane, you have to expect other traffic to be coming around the corner, and even it inevitably does, do you then just turn into the cyclist you're busy overtaking? Overtaking cleanly may have meant they waited behind the cyclist but we can't have motorists waiting can we.

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